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Roses are Red
Mission Organization
Write Stuff
And the Plot Thickens
Just the Facts
100
This what each line of a poem is called.
What is a verse?
100
This organizational structure is written in the order that events occur.
What is time or chronological order?
100
This is the first step of the writing process.
What is prewriting?
100
"The plan, scheme or main story of a literary work" is known as this.
What is plot?
100
"Something known to exist or to have happened as proven by actual experience or observation" is the definition of this.
What is a fact?
200
This is what a group of verses called.
What is a stanza?
200
This is when a writer would use spatial order.
What is "when he/she needs to describe something?"
200
If an author is writing to convince someone of something, he is writing for this purpose.
What is to persuade?
200
This part of the story is the turning point.
What is climax?
200
The statement "All 7th graders are glad that school is almost out" is an example of this.
What is a generalization?
300
This is what the narrator of a poem is called.
What is a speaker?
300
This is the organizational structure that organizes information by its importance (formal name).
What is emphatic order?
300
This is the step of the writing process that you look for spelling and grammatical errors.
What is editing?
300
These are the three things that make up setting.
What are time, place and mood?
300
These are the two things you need in order to make an inference.
What are clues from the text and prior knowledge?
400
"Super special celebration" is an example of which poetic element?
What is alliteration?
400
This is the organizational structure that organizes information by first focusing on a negative situation and then outlining possible resolutions.
What is problem/solution order?
400
This is the step of the writing process that you begin actually writing.
What is drafting?
400
These are the events that lead up to the turning point.
What is rising action
400
"The Underground Railroad was a secret organization, which helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and station masters. The northern states were free states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north. Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and station masters." This is written for this purpose.
What is to inform?
500
"mellow wedding bells" is an example of this poetic element.
What is assonance?
500
This is the organizational structure in which you are likely to see the transition words because, since, and therefore.
What is cause and effect order?
500
This is what each letter of FAT-P stands for.
What are: Form, Audience, Topic and Purpose?
500
This is the background information given to readers to understand a story.
What is exposition?
500
"Watching television is an experience shared by most adults and children. It is cheap, appealing, and within the reach of the general public. In this way, TV has become an important mass media around the world. Sadly, this resource isn’t used in a way that people could get the best possible benefits from it. Bottom line: people shouldn’t watch too much television because the content of many TV programs is not educational; it makes people waste time that could be used in more beneficial activities; and it negatively affects people’s mental development." This text is written for this purpose.
What is to persuade?